World News Starter Pack
Mirror of "Ukraine, Russia etc." Bluesky feed: https://goodfeeds.co/search?q=%22Ukraine%2C+Russia+etc.%22 (Otherwise known as: "How to read international news without having your brain fried".)
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@abajrak.bsky.social
@en.france24.com
🌍 The French international news channel #Live 24/7 from Paris Follow us for Breaking News & Top Stories on #business, #politics and #sports: 💻 france24.com/en/ 📡 f24.my/live 𝕏 f24.my/Xen 📷 f24.my/IGen ✈️ f24.my/TGen
@fheisbourg.bsky.social
Senior adviser (Europe), IISS, Special adviser, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique
@rdanielkelemen.bsky.social
McCourt Chair at the McCourt School of Public Policy @Georgetown University. Non-resident Senior Associate @CSIS. EU politics, policy & law. https://www.rdanielkelemen.com
@reuters.com
@markgaleotti.bsky.social
Analyst of murky topics from Russian politics to organised crime.
@mshagina.bsky.social
Diamond-Brown Senior Research Fellow for Economic Sanctions, Standards and Strategy, IISS | Ex @FIIA_fi and UniZurich | Economic statecraft, sanctions & energy.
@alexgabuev.bsky.social
Director of Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center in Berlin. Senior Advisor at DGA Group.
@shaunwalker7.bsky.social
Correspondent focusing on Central and Eastern Europe for The Guardian shaun.walker@theguardian.com
@obyrska.bsky.social
PhD researcher in post-WW2 intellectual history at the @EUI_EU. Teaching Fellow in history at @sciencespo Reims campus. Sometimes making theatre. 🏳️🌈 she/her
@jimgoldgeier.bsky.social
Visiting Fellow, Brookings; prof/ex-dean, American University SIS; senior advisor, Bridging the Gap; Research Affiliate, Stanford. Views are my own. www.jamesgoldgeier.com.
@snitsova.bsky.social
Political scientist | British Academy International Fellow at the University of Manchester | UNC PhD | money in politics, oligarchs, political economy, Ukrainian & post-communist politics, networks | shiba inu lover 🦊 | www.snitsova.com
@chytomo.bsky.social
Chytomo is the largest independent media covering publishing and contemporary literary and cultural processes in Ukraine. https://www.patreon.com/chytomo https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chytomo
@chrislashhist.bsky.social
Historian of Poland and CEE in the world based in Warsaw, Poland. Might be the odd political skeet here and there. Private views
@kristiraik.bsky.social
Director, International Centre for Defence and Security in Tallinn. Adjunct Professor, University of Turku. Feeling home in Estonia, Finland and at sea.
@irgarner.bsky.social
Russian Prof @ Pilecki Institute, Warsaw/Fellow @ Centre for International and Defence Policy, Ontario | FrHistS | Author of "Z Generation: Russia's Fascist Youth” - get it @ http://linktr.ee/igarner | 🇨🇦
@afpnews.bsky.social
Top news and features from AFP's reporters around the world. Official account. u.afp.com/socials
@nrg8000.bsky.social
@Nrg8000 on twitter. Will fill this out when twitter inevitably burns.
@wpr.bsky.social
In-depth news and expert analysis on global affairs. Get our free newsletter: http://wpr.vu/WLXl50xfgXt
@michaelstone.bsky.social
Reuters reporter covering the U.S. arms trade. Mainly focused on Ukraine for now. Read my stories here: https://www.reuters.com/authors/mike-stone/; RP's≠endorsements. Views=own.
@johnrdeni.bsky.social
Research Professor at PME institution, Senior Nonresident Fellow at Atlantic Council, Associate Nonresident Fellow at NATO Defense College. Author of Coalition of the unWilling and unAble. Views are my own.
@lydiatomkiw.bsky.social
Senior reporter at Pensions & Investments covering hedge funds, private credit. Freelance reporting on Ukraine.
@jgmaber.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University. Researching and teaching on Russian politics and security, and gender and conflict. Expect cat photos.
@emilycouchuk.bsky.social
Reluctant swamp dweller supporting civil society in 🇺🇦 | Anti-racism, decolonisation | ✒️ in Foreign Policy, The Moscow Times, Index on Censorship &c | Views mine
@drseanhanley.bsky.social
Assoc Professor in Comparative Central and East European Politics, UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies. Personal take on politics, Eastern Europe and suburbia.
@camukrainistyka.bsky.social
Cambridge Ukrainian Studies, an academic centre at the University of Cambridge. Advancing new approaches to teaching and researching Ukraine since 2008. www.CambridgeUkrainianStudies.org Posts by Rory Finnin
@joshuakucera.bsky.social
Iowan in Tbilisi. Senior analyst, South Caucasus, International Crisis Group.
@tatarigami.bsky.social
Former UA officer Founder of the Frontelligence Insight: https://frontelligence.substack.com To support my work: http://buymeacoffee.com/frontelligence
@oxanashevel.bsky.social
Prof @TuftsPoliSci. Post-communism, nationalism, identity, citizenship, memory, religion. 2024 book: 🇷🇺 and 🇺🇦 : Entangled Histories, Diverging States. https://tinyurl.com/5y8nvemb
@kozlov.bsky.social
Reporter covering Russia, Central Asia, South Caucasus for The Moscow Times | ex-BBC Russian political correspondent in Moscow | The Kozlovpaper | MBA in Media management | SSE Riga | https://linktr.ee/pyotrkozlov
@gwendolynsasse.bsky.social
Director@zois.bsky.social, Prof @humboldtuni.bsky.social, Senior Research Fellow @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Non-res.Senior Fellow @carnegieeurope.bsky.social Author „Russia‘s War against Ukraine“ @politybooks.bsky.social @chbeckliteratur.bsky.social
@andrewramsaygray.bsky.social
European Affairs Editor at Reuters, covering EU & NATO from Brussels. Previously: Lanark, London, Germany, Geneva, Balkans, Iraq, West Africa & Washington. Ex-Politico editor/podcaster.
@jakluge.de
Russia & Economics Deputy Head of Eastern Europe & Eurasia Division German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP Berlin) Picture: Tamek Kowalski
@martkuldkepp.bsky.social
Professor of Estonian and Nordic History at University College London (UCL). Moral clarity enjoyer. Ally of Ukraine. Own views only. 🇪🇪
@wendysiegelman.bsky.social
Independent journalist covering Trmp, kleptocracy, far-right networks, OSINT, bylines Daily Beast, Guardian, Buzzfeed, Byline Times, footnote in Senate Intel Russia report, subscribe to http://NewsTRACS.com, tips: wendy@newstracs.com
@mrohava.bsky.social
Autocracies and identity politics| Ethnography| Qualitative methods | Nationalism studies | East European Politics | Own views
@rolandparis.bsky.social
Professor and director, Graduate School of Public & International Affairs @gspia-esapi.bsky.social, University of Ottawa, Canada. Associate fellow, Chatham House. https://rolandparis.com/
@mikeeckel.bsky.social
Opponent of Quiet Desperation. Contains Multitudes. In Search Of Meanness Or Sublimity. Former Moscow Correspondent. Vladivostok Fanboy. @RFERL
@oonuch.bsky.social
Professor of Comparative & Ukrainian Pols UoM Democracy in wartime, GeoPols EU DisInfo Vote Protest Identity Polls 🇺🇦🇵🇱🇦🇷🇪🇺 📚Zelensky Effect 📚Mapping Mass Mobilization Visit. Prof College D’Europe Prev Oxford Nuffield/St Antonys; Harvard; UofT
@nickbouchet.bsky.social
German Marshall Fund Senior Visiting Fellow. US foreign policy, democratization, democracy promotion, civil society. Throw in some Eastern Europe and Russia and we're mostly good to go.
@natashakuhrt.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer Department of War Studies, King’s College London. Research interests: Russian foreign, security policy esp Russia-China. Nationalism. Genocide. International Law. Peacekeeping.
@ruthdeyermond.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer, Department of War Studies, King's College London. Russian foreign & security policy, US foreign policy, US-Russia relations, European security. Views are my own.
@sarahjyoung.bsky.social
Russophone culture & history, prison/gulag writing, and C19 literature. Also cats. And needlework. Author/translator of Writing Resistance: Revolutionary Memoirs of Shlissel’burg Prison, 1884-1906 https://uclpress.co.uk/products/173021
@emmanuellechaze.com
Journalist 🇺🇦 Ukraine Correspondent for 🎙RFI 📰 Ouest-France 🖥 France24. Grew up in 🇫🇷, lived in Ireland 🇮🇪, Germany 🇩🇪 & now 🇺🇦. 🗣 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇩🇪 🇺🇦 Politics, War, Migration, ⚖️ International Law, ⚓️Sea Rescue. www.emmanuellechaze.com
@annagbusse.bsky.social
Professor of political science at Stanford. State formation, religion, political parties, Europe, etc. Amateur electrician.
@minczifra.bsky.social
Political & security analyst. 🇪🇺🇭🇺🇺🇸. FPRI Eurasia fellow, Bear Market Brief contributor. Ex-CEPA, ESI. Posts about 🇷🇺, 🇪🇺, illiberalism and its limits. Posts reflect my own views. Здесь вам не Toth. www.noyardstick.com minczifra.substack.com
@rprose.bsky.social
News product at Bloomberg. Before that, was in Moscow for 15 years with @bloomberg.com & @themoscowtimes.com. Mostly Russia news & chess. Views are mine
@matisaksk.bsky.social
#StandwithUkraine. Journalist, deputy head of foreign desk, Slovak daily @pravdask.bsky.social. The usual caveats apply. #TheGlobalAgora #podcast https://ko-fi.com/amatisak
@strategywoman.bsky.social
#warcoffee diary from Kyiv The latest letters from Ukraine about the war, history and culture: https://linktr.ee/strategywoman
@katiemariedavies.bsky.social
Journalist + editor covering society, tech + politics in Russia, CEE and Central Asia. ☀️ www.katiemariedavies.com
@marniehowlett.bsky.social
🇺🇦🇨🇦. Departmental Lecturer in Russian and East European Politics at @Politics_Oxford/@REESOxford/@OSGAOxford. Deputy Director of @DTPGrandUnion. Qualitative Methods. Borders. Geopolitics. Nationalism. Ukraine.
@edklein.bsky.social
Research Centre for East European Studies at University of Bremen. Editor of Ukrainian Analytical Digest/Ukraine Analysen. Also: Discuss Data, @discussdata.bsky.social.
@simonschlegel.bsky.social
East Europe buff, recovering anthropologist, Ukraine Program Director at Zentrum Liberale Moderne Berlin, interested in small places and big issues.
@pkostad.bsky.social
Associate Professor; Political Science; University of Illinois at Chicago; www.petiakostadinova.net. European Union; democracy; post-communist countries; Bulgaria. Posts about research, gardening, good food; parenting fails/wins, and youth travel hockey
@ivodaalder.bsky.social
CEO @ChicagoCouncil. Former US Amb @NATO. Host World Review Podcast. Policy Wonk. Dog lover. Baseball fan. New Chicagoan. Old Dutchman.
@alixkroeger.bsky.social
Text editor at the Associated Press, London. Previously BBC News website and BBC na srpskom. Oxford Climate Journalism Network 2024. Ukraine, Balkans, climate change, bicycles and the rest.
@cequirk.bsky.social
Opinion research and advocacy/political strategy in declining democracies and emerging autocracies. Don’t ask questions you don’t want the answers to. Nice, FR quirkglobalstrategies.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinequirk/
@ymatusik.bsky.social
Journalist writing about politics, culture, migration and society in Central Asia and Eurasia more broadly | PhD candidate in Anthropology at CUNY GC | en-ru-fr-de | кыргызча сүйлөйм Words in @economist.com, @foreignpolicy.com, @eurasianet.bsky.social
@icij.org
Stories that rock the world. We expose wrongdoing so the world can make it right. Find us at ICIJ.org. #UberFiles #EricssonList #PandoraPapers #FinCENFiles #PanamaPapers
@jatucker.bsky.social
Politics Prof, NYU; Director @NYUJordanCenter for Adv Study of #Russia; Co-Director NYU Center for Social Media and Politics @CSMaP_NYU (http://csmapnyu.org); long suffering NY Mets fan; @j_a_tucker on other platforms; he/him
@ichbinilya.bsky.social
Writer and senior editor at OCCRP. Investigative journalism, democracy, corruption, US politics, Europe and Eurasia. More fun than this profile IRL. Currently in Amsterdam!
@warandcoffee.bsky.social
Assistant professor (a glorified postdoc) working on child protection in 🇺🇦, 🇺🇳 peacekeeping, and my third coffee of the day. Views strictly my own, etc. 🇨🇦 is home, PhD GU 🇸🇪, from NM 🇺🇲. He/him.
@oalexanderdk.bsky.social
All Source INT Analyst watching Twitter burn from across the street.
@unawrites.bsky.social
Journalist. Balkans for @politico.eu, otherwise focused on instability, nationalism and the far-right. Previously: @IWM_Vienna @IWMF @MIT @RSF_inter
@armscontrolwonk.bsky.social
Professor at the Middlebury Institute & host of the Arms Control Wonk Podcast.
@dmitri.silverado.org
Geopolitics, Russia, China, Cyber Chairman @silverado.org Author of WorldOnTheBrink.com Host GeopoliticsDecanted.com podcast Founder Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies at Johns Hopkins SAIS Co-Founder CrowdStrike @DAlperovitch elsewhere
@sambendett.bsky.social
Uncrewed, autonomous, robotic systems and Artificial Intelligence. Russian and Ukrainian weapons development. CNA, CNAS and CSIS. Opinions my own.
@euroconcern.bsky.social
International relations with an EU angle, videogames, space and other musings. Posts in EN, PT, FR, plus other languages if I feel brave enough.
@olyaoliker.bsky.social
Europe & Central Asia Director @crisisgroup.org / Feminist / ❤️ punk rock / Opinions own / Endorsements clearly marked / https://www.crisisgroup.org/who-we-are/people/olga-oliker
@samagreene.bsky.social
Professor of Russian Politics, King's College London. Director of Democratic Resilience, CEPA. Political sociologist. Progressive. Co-author, Putin v the People. 🇬🇧/🇺🇸
@maxhess.bsky.social
Founder - Enmetena Advisory, Fellow @FPRI & @IISS_org. Eurasia, political economy, sanctions, international affairs, debt & sovereignty. Buy my book Economic War: Ukraine & The Global Conflict Between Russia & The West: https://linktr.ee/EconomicWar
@grudkevich.bsky.social
Economist. Former Assistant Professor of Political Science, focusing on Russia and Central Asia. All views my own.
@odrachewych.bsky.social
Historian of 20th C international relations, USSR, Comintern, Russia's War in Ukraine; professor at Western University and King's University College. www.oleksadrachewych.com
@timkmak.bsky.social
Founder, The Counteroffensive: Compelling human stories to illustrate news of the war in Ukraine. Fmr US Army medic. https://www.counteroffensive.news/
@maxseddon.bsky.social
moscow bureau chief @financial times. in soviet russia, news reports you: max.seddon@ft.com
@kimberlymarten.bsky.social
Professor at Barnard College, Columbia U; interested in Russia, international security, climate change.
@nateschenkkan.bsky.social
Personal account. For your freedom and ours! Opinions are mine and do not represent anyone else. Open to work: www.linkedin.com/in/nate-schenkkan
@popovaprof.bsky.social
Polisci prof at McGill 🇨🇦⚜️ Democracy, rule of law, (anti)corruption in Eastern Europe 🇺🇦 🇧🇬 🇪🇺; post-Communism; Russo-Ukrainian war and its impact on European democracies; #UkraineIsEurope #DefendDemocracy https://linktr.ee/popovaprof
@bmomani.bsky.social
Professor at the University of Waterloo in Political Science and Senior Fellow at CIGI, interested in International Affairs.
@nicolegrajewski.bsky.social
Fellow with Carnegie’s Nuclear Policy Program and Associate with Harvard’s Managing the Atom | PhD from Oxford | working on nuclear issues involving Russia and Iran | author of Russia and Iran: Partners in Defiance from Syria to Ukraine (OUP/Hurst)
@brezaleksandar.bsky.social
Journalist. Words in Euronews, The Guardian, The Washington Post, Haaretz, Tagespiegel. Poynter and Europa Nostra award winner. LFC fan.
@russianforces.org
Russian nuclear forces, nuclear arms control, disarmament, verification. Strictly personal views here. All coordinates are at http://russianforces.org/podvig
@constelz.bsky.social
Director CUSE, Germany explainer etc. @ Brookings; FT contributing columnist; Wizards Fan (I know). When the going gets tough, the tough go blonde. Pic: Marc Darchinger. Views my own, people.
@emsetc.bsky.social
I am not a committee. Defense, lightly eclectic Gen-X interests, Jayhawk propaganda. All opinions my own. What are you reading?
@massdara.bsky.social
Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Russia and Eurasia Program. I cover military issues in Russia and Eurasia.
@maxbergmann.bsky.social
Director of the Europe, Russia, Eurasia Program at CSIS. Podcasts EuroFile and Russian Roulette. Fmr State Department official. DC sports, Tottenham
@markmackinnon.bsky.social
Senior International Correspondent for The Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper. Now based in London, after stops in Moscow, Beijing and the Middle East. Author of The New Cold War (the book, not the thing). Add me to your top secret group chats!
@warmapper.org
Map updates for the war in Ukraine with occasional updates for other conflicts. Official Soar.earth Ambassador 🏆 helping build the new atlas of the world 🗺 If you would like to support me: https://buymeacoffee.com/warmapper
@thestudyofwar.bsky.social
ISW is a policy research organization focused on U.S. national security. Email: press@understandingwar.org. For more: https://linktr.ee/understandingwar
@euractiv.com
🇪🇺 News from across Europe, and policy coverage of the EU in 🌾 Agrifood, 🏥 Health, 🪫Energy, 🤖Tech, & more: www.euractiv.com Bringing a beam of yellow into Bluesky ☀️